Electoral Process (Amendment) Act, 2021

The Commission must not register a person as a voter if the person is not a citizen, does not have a national registration card, or is legally disqualified.

Jurisdiction: Zambia
Instrument: Act or statute
Citation: Act 32 of 2021
Version: Undated source snapshot
Language: en
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The Commission must not register a person as a voter if the person is not a citizen, does not have a national registration card, or is legally disqualified. This provision says the principal Act is amended by adding new sections after section 24. If the Commission sets up a polling station at a prison or correctional centre, it may decide who uses it, and a correctional officer may help move an inmate to that polling station where practicable. The officer-in-charge of a prison or correctional centre must grant access for specified election-related purposes. This provision amends section 29 of the principal Act by changing specified words in subsections (1) and (2), and it repeals section 47.

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The Commission shall not register a person as a voter if
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The Commission must not register a person as a voter if the person is not a citizen, does not have a national registration card, or is legally disqualified.

9. The Commission shall not register a person as a voter if that person is— (a) not a citizen; (b) not in possession of a national registration card; or (c) legally disqualified.
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The principal Act is amended by the insertion of the
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This provision says the principal Act is amended by adding new sections after section 24.

4. The principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following new sections immediately after section 24:
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Section 24A
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If the Commission sets up a polling station at a prison or correctional centre, it may decide who uses it, and a correctional officer may help move an inmate to that polling station where practicable.

24A. (1) Where the Commission establishes a polling station at a prison or correctional centre under section 24, that polling station shall be used by an inmate or correctional officer and member of the public as the Commission may determine. (2) A correctional officer may, as far as is practicable, facilitate the transfer of an inmate to a polling station designated by the Commission.
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An officer-in-charge of a prison or
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The officer-in-charge of a prison or correctional centre must grant access for specified election-related purposes.

24B. An officer-in-charge of a prison or correctional centre shall grant access to a prison or correctional centre to the following: (a) the Commission for the purposes of conducting electoral processes; (b) a candidate in an election for the purposes of distributing campaign material in a prescribed manner; (c) an accredited polling agent, observer and monitor for the purpose of observing or monitoring an election; and (d) a member of the public for the purposes of voting.
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Section 29 of the principal Act is amended in
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This provision amends section 29 of the principal Act by changing specified words in subsections (1) and (2), and it repeals section 47.

5. Section 29 of the principal Act is amended in— (a) subsection (1) by the deletion of the words “and public entity” and the substitution therefor of the words “or State institution”; and (b) subsection (2) by the deletion of the words “and political party” and the substitution therefor of the words “or political party”. The principal Act is amended by the repeal of section Repeal of section 47
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Section 47
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47. Electoral Process (Amendment) [No. 32 of 2021 259

47. Electoral Process (Amendment) [No. 32 of 2021 259
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Section 7
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This provision amends section 89(1) by adding a new paragraph about announcing and declaring election results without lawful authority.

7. Section 89(1) of the principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following new paragraph immediately after paragraph (n): Amendment of section 89 (o) without lawful authority announce and declare the results of an election.
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Section 125(2) of the principal Act is amended by the
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This section amends section 125(2) by adding a new paragraph about electoral processes at prisons and correctional centres, and renumbers the following paragraph.

8. Section 125(2) of the principal Act is amended by the — (a) insertion of the following new paragraph immediately after Amendment of section 125 paragraph (w): (x) the electoral processes at prisons and correctional centres; and (b) renumbering of paragraph (x) as paragraph (y). 260

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